Cover -- Copyright Page -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Recent Advances in Antiviral Nucleosides -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Structural features of nucleosides as antiviral agents -- 1.3. 2'-Deoxy nucleosides and related analogs -- 1.4. 2',3 '-Dideoxy nucleosides and related analog -- 1.5. 2',3 '-Unsaturated nucleosides and related analog -- 1.6. Nucleosides with a heterocyclic sugar ring moiety -- 1.7. 3- or 4-Membered ring nucleosides -- 1.8. Acyclonucleosides -- 1.9. Ribofuranosyl nucleosides -- 1.10. References -- Chapter 2. Chiral Synthesis of Antiviral Nucleosides from Carbohydrate Templates -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. 4'-Thiofuranose nucleosides -- 2.3. Iso- and apio nucleosides -- 2.4. Oxathiolane and dioxolane nucleosides -- 2.5. Cyclopentyl carbocyclic nucleosides -- 2.6. Cyclopropyl carbocyclic nucleosides -- 2.7. C-Nucleosides -- 2.8. Fluorinated nucleosides -- 2.9. Acyclonucleosides -- 2.10. Miscellaneous nucleosides -- 2.11. References -- Chapter 3. Oxathiolane and Dioxolane Nucleosides: Synthesis and Antiviral Activity -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Oxathiolane nucleosides -- 3.3. Dioxolane nucleosides -- 3.4. References -- Last Page.